After spending the last few days on the international diplomatic circuit, PrimeMinister Justin Trudeau is back on the Hill and ready, if not necessarily eager, to take question on everything from what he accomplished while making the rounds at United Nations headquarters to the apparently sky-high cost of relocating senior PMO staff to Ottawa.

According to his itinerary, Trudeau will hit the stage at the National Press Theatre just after noon, and will “deliver remarks” before opening the floor to attending media.

He’s also expected to be at the weekly closed-door Liberal caucus confab, and will be back in his duly assigned seat when the House reopens for business this afternoon.

After question period wraps up, he’ll make his way to the Canadian War Museum for the dedication ceremony for the National Holocaust Monument and end his day by hosting a dinner for visiting Chinese premier Li Keqiang.

Back in the Commons, MPs will devote the afternoon to the opening round of debate over the government’s proposal to repeal an initiative brought in by the previous administration that gave Treasury Board the authority to unilaterally change the rules on sick leave for public servants.

Later this evening, they’ll also get the opportunity to vote on several private members’ bills, including, perhaps most notably, New Democrat MP Brian Masse’s bid to legalize sports betting, which was passed by the previous parliament only to fall into legislative limbo in the Senate.

On the committee front, Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra leads the witness list at Government Operations, which will also hear from the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association, the Union of Postal Communications Employees, the Public Service Alliance of Canada and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers during an extended three-hour session.

Over at Finance, pre-budget consultations continue with a second super-sized session with representatives from the various regional development agencies, who spent three hours before the same committee on Tuesday night.

Finally, the Special Committee on Electoral Reform is in Toronto, where they’ve set aside two blocks of time – 4:15 to 5 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m. — for open mic-style “audience remarks.”

Outside the precinct, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion remains at UN headquarters in New York, where he’ll take part in an “interactive high-level panel discussion on the power of inclusion of diversity.”

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@Kady's Watchlist for Sept. 21 - The PM is back in town, so get those questions ready!